Published On Jun 11, 2022
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Welcome to Crimson Guitars https://www.youtube.com/user/CrimsonC... and Ben's home workshop for Ben-ultimate episode of the edited-down guitar building extravaganza that raised over £15,000 for the British Red Cross DEC Ukraine Appeal.
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Check out the first edit here if you missed it earlier • Crowd Sourced Design! Ep1 | Building ...
Ben is making a custom backplate, the guitar takes a trip to the Crimson HQ spray booth and gets an inspirational fret level, crown and polish...
Thank you to House of Tone for the donated Pickups - https://www.houseoftonepickups.com/
And thank you Rosei for the inspiration - https://www.turnstoneguitar.co.uk/
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:03 Reshaping this late in the game?
4:25 Placement of the controls & hardware
5:43 Thank you Skillshare
7:30 Setting the position of the Bridge
9:50 Drilling for the Bridge ground wire
12:20 Drilling & recessing the jack socket hole
14:45 Making the ebony backplate
16:20 Using the Triton router table to do the back rounder
17:45 Using the bandsaw to cut the shape of the back plate
18:09 Masking tape and super glue trick
18:45 Finessing the shape of the back plate on the Triton Router table
22:19 Relocating to the Crimson HQ Spray Booth
25:26 Improving on the classic Fret Level, Crown, and Polish
29:36 Who forgot to drill holes in the back plate before finish?
30:55 Painting on the Shielding Paint
31:50 Shaping the bone nut
35:20 Let’s get on with installing the hardware and tuners
38:50 Fitting the truss rod cover with magnets
41:50 I think we can call that a success!
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Ben's Livestream camera set up includes: the Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro, Prime Cameras (Front facing and over the bench) Canon EOS 250D, suspended from the ceiling (bench side) Canon EOS 90D, and on the movable tripod a Canon M6 Mark II
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Music used in this video from Epidemic Sound - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra...
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Thank you again for all your support, we really, really appreciate it! – Ben
Stay tuned and stay awesome!
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